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Macroclimate Determines the Global Range Limit of Aedes aegypti

Aedes aegypti is the main vector of dengue and a number of other diseases worldwide. Because of the domestic nature of this mosquito, the relative importance of macroclimate in shaping its distribution has been a controversial issue. We have captured here the worldwide macroclimatic conditions occupied by A. aegypti in the last century. We assessed the ability of this information to predict the species’ observed distribution using supra-continental spatially-uncorrelated data.
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Brazil and the Shifting Consensus on Development Co-Operation: Salutary Diversions from the ‘Aid-Effectiveness’ Trail?

This article draws on research on Brazil’s technical co-operation and its health dimension to compare the Brazilian model with established aid-effectiveness’ principles and to discuss the appropriateness of the latter as standards against which to appraise emerging donors’ co-operation.
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Trichophyton erinacei skin infection after recreational exposure to an elephant in Southeast Asia

Zoophilic fungal infections are a prevalent disease in tropical countries and clinicians must consider them in the differential diagnosis of pruritic skin lesions. We report a clinical case of Trichophyton erinacei skin infection after recreational exposure to an Asian Elephant. As far as we were able to search the literature, it is the first case described after contact with elephants.
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Satellite-derived estimation of environmental suitability for malaria vector development in Portugal

This work focused on determining the current relationships between environmental factors and the density of the former malaria vector Anopheles atroparvus in Portugal, a previously endemic country. Adult females were sampled and vector density was estimated in 22 sites in Southern Portugal between 2001 and 2010 and related with land cover and satellite-derived air temperature and vegetation indices. The relationship between vector density and local larval habitat, temperature and, in a broader sense, to environmental suitability, was assessed using a statistical modelling approach.
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Prevention and battle against obesity in children and youngsters at a strategic planning level and their evolution in Portugal

Considered by WHO as a global epidemic and one of the greatest public health challenges of the twenty‐first century, Obesity is a chronic disease with multiple causes, especially behavioural changes like dietary changes and sedentary lifestyle. It is a risk factor for other conditions, such as diabetes or cardiovascular diseases, associated with the decrease of life quality of individual and the increase of health costs.
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About GHTM

GHTM is a R&D Unit that brings together researchers with a track record in Tropical Medicine and International & Global Health. It aims at strengthening Portugal's role as a leading partner in the development and implementation of a global health research agenda. Our evidence-based interventions contribute to the promotion of equity in health and to improve the health of populations.

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